Publication year 2019
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Grief, Community, Food
Tags Travel Literature, Romance, Food, Italian Literature, Biography
New York Times Best Sellers
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Publication year 2019
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Grief, Community, Food
Tags Travel Literature, Romance, Food, Italian Literature, Biography
Publication year 2022
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Self Discovery, Aging
Tags Self-Improvement, Psychology, Health, Philosophy, Leadership, Business & Economics, Psychology, Philosophy
Publication year 2003
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Immigration, Fathers, Coming of Age
Tags Humor, Creative Nonfiction, Immigration & Refugeeism, Education, Education, Biography
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing up in America is a 2003 book by Firoozeh Dumas in which she describes her experiences as an Iranian immigrant to the US. The narrative follows a non-linear time structure, and Dumas often moves between different eras of her life, including the time of writing, when she is an adult. Much of her work centers on what life was like for her as a child who came to... Read Funny In Farsi Summary
Publication year 2019
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Tags Crime & Law, Mystery & Crime Fiction, World History, Biography
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep, a staff writer for New Yorker Magazine, is a work of literary nonfiction in the true-crime genre. Furious Hours was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction and was on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Best-Seller List. Published in 2019, the book is the story of Willie Maxwell, an Alabama preacher whose neighbors suspected him of using voodoo to... Read Furious Hours Summary
Publication year 2021
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Environment, Animals, Death, Equality
Tags Science & Nature, Animals, Crime & Law, Humor, World History
Publication year 2022
Genre Novel, Fiction
Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Fantasy, Horror & Suspense, Gothic Literature
Publication year 2007
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Love, Shame & Pride, Mothers, Siblings, Self Discovery
Tags Magical Realism, Fantasy
Garden Spells is the debut novel by American author Sarah Addison Allen, published in 2007. The novel, an example of the urban fantasy genre, relates the story of a pair of Southern sisters coming to terms with their heritage. The book became a New York Times bestseller, was recognized on the American Library Association’s Reading List for Best Women’s Fiction of 2007, and won the 2008 SIBA Book Award for fiction. Following the success of... Read Garden Spells Summary
Publication year 2018
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Justice, Childhood & Youth
Tags Historical Fiction, Race & Racism, Social Justice, Children`s Literature, Realistic Fiction, Modern Classic Fiction, Fantasy
Ghost Boys is a middle-grade novel by Jewell Parker Rhodes, an award-winning writer on the Black experience. Set in contemporary Chicago, the novel is a first-person narrative about the life and death of 12-year-old Jerome Rogers, a boy Officer Moore kills one afternoon as Jerome plays with a toy gun near his neighborhood. A popular and critical success that taps into the modern civil rights movement that is Black Lives Matter, this novel is a... Read Ghost Boys Summary
Publication year 2018
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Love, Science & Technology, Family, Siblings
Tags Romance, Modern Classic Fiction, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Horror & Suspense
Ghosted is British novelist Rosie Walsh’s first novel, published in 2018. After a career in television that included extensive travel, Walsh settled in the United Kingdom with her family, and Ghosted is set primarily in Gloucestershire and partially in other parts of England and Los Angeles, California. Released in the UK as The Man Who Didn’t Call and Ghosted in the United States, the novel addresses the phenomenon of “ghosting” in which a potential partner... Read Ghosted Summary
Publication year 2023
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Immigration, Nation, Politics & Government, War
Tags World War II, World History, Military & War, Espionage, Horror & Suspense, Japanese Literature
Publication year 2001
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Perseverance, War, Friendship, Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Hope
Tags Military & War, World War II, World History, US History, Biography
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II’s Greatest Rescue Mission by American journalist and historian Hampton Sides tells the story of a daring rescue raid on the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan Allied prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines at the end of World War II. 121 US Rangers, Alamo Scouts, and hundreds of armed and unarmed Filipino guerillas successfully rescued over 500 remaining POWs on January 30, 1945. The book details the stories of the American POWs... Read Ghost Soldiers Summary
Publication year 2021
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Loneliness, Love, Revenge, Appearance & Reality, Self Discovery, Community, Good & Evil, Justice, Power & Greed
Tags Fantasy, Romance, Fairy Tale & Folklore
Publication year 2013
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Teamwork, Power & Greed, Self Discovery
Tags Self-Improvement, Business & Economics, Psychology, Leadership, Psychology
Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success, by Adam Grant, explores the concept of reciprocity in the workplace and how it can lead to personal and professional success. First published in 2013, the book bridges the genres of business psychology and self-help, providing readers with actionable strategies to enhance their careers and professional relationships. Grant, an organizational psychologist and professor, draws on his extensive research and real-world examples to demonstrate the power of... Read Give and Take Summary
Publication year 2017
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Guilt, Justice, Appearance & Reality
Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Horror & Suspense, Canadian Literature
Publication year 2023
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Perseverance, Hope, Joy, Femininity, Gender Identity, Mental Health, Sexual Identity, Coming of Age, Fathers, Teamwork, Self Discovery, Equality, Wins & Losses, Emotions/Behavior: Courage
Tags Biography, Sports, Gender & Feminism, Health, Women`s Studies
Publication year 2020
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Guilt, Revenge, Justice, Science & Technology, Truth & Lies
Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Horror & Suspense, Technology, Psychology, Crime & Law, Modern Classic Fiction, Romance
Publication year 2022
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Family, Conflict, Childhood & Youth
Tags Parenting, Psychology, Self-Improvement, Relationships, Children`s Literature, Psychology
Publication year 2021
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Gender Identity, Masculinity, Hate & Anger, Conflict
Tags Historical Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, American Revolution, Science Fiction, World History
Publication year 2017
Genre Biography, Nonfiction
Tags Politics & Government, US History, American Civil War, Military & War, World History, Biography
Publication year 2014
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Power & Greed, Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Grief, Hate & Anger, Hope, Revenge, Death, Environment, Self Discovery, Social Class, Economics, Justice
Tags Horror & Suspense, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Crime & Law
The legal thriller Gray Mountain (2014) is a #1 New York Times bestseller from John Grisham, an author known for his critiques of the American legal system. A former criminal defense attorney and Mississippi state legislator, Grisham draws on his legal background to craft narratives that often explore systemic corruption and social injustice. In Gray Mountain, the 2008 financial crisis serves as the catalyst for the story: After the collapse of Lehman Brothers, high-powered Wall... Read Gray Mountain Summary